Americanos
Subtitle: Latin America's Struggle for Independence (Pivotal Moments in World History)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: December 27, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780195178814
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; History of specific subjects; History; History - General History; History: World; Latin America - General; Revolutionary; History / Latin America; 1830-1898; Autonomy and independence movements; Latin America; Wars of Independence, 1806-1830
Description: In 1808, world history took a decisive turn when Napoleon occupied Spain and Portugal, a European event that had lasting repercussions more than half the world away, sparking a series of revolutions throughout the Spanish and Portuguese empires of the New World. These wars for independence resulted eventually in the creation of nineteen independent Latin American republics.